Ink and colour on silk. After an 18th century original, depicting Wu Fu, Brigadier General of the Gansu Region, in brown robes checking the alignm...

Ink and colour on silk.Painted after an 18th century original, depicting the Second rank officer of the Imperial Guard, Tanibu, in blue robes.Fram...

A painting on silk and paper depicting the Taoist figure 'Tai Ching', one of the Three Pure Ones.Framed.126 by 56 cm.PROVENANCEPrivate collection,...

Painting on silk of an offering scene to the Horse Spirit or King of horses 'Ma Shen'.The veneration of the Horse Spirit was limited to the northe...

A Chinese silk hanging panel, embroidered in gold and polychrome on red ground with a large Shou figure with a deer, surrounded by a band of Sanxi...

A Chinese silk hanging panel, embroidered in gold and polychrome on red ground, surrounded by a band of Immortals and phoenixes flanked with flowe...

The finely silk woven panel with a scene of scholars at leisure in a garden setting, discussing a manuscript.210 by 120 cm .

A large Chinese hanging panel, embroidered with dragons surrounded by clouds. 90 by 390 cm.

The Hindu god of auspiciousness, Ganesha, is popularly accepted as the first son of Shiva and Parvati. As the deity who controls obstacles—their i...

A panel depicting elegant ladies playing an instrument in front of a court lady.160 by 66 cm.

The thangka depicts Tsongkhapa seated on top of the Refuge tree with rises from the ocean and bears a multitude of figures, all on a ground with f...

The burners decorated with the Tibetan auspicious symbols, Ashtamangala and figure of a seated Vajrasattva,25 cm. diam.PROVENANCEfrom a private co...

Depicting the five clawed dragon and flaming pearls, the dragons and other pictorial elements in blues, greens, browns, cream and orange on a ligh...

The foliate-rimmed dish is decorated to the interior with a central 'shou' (longevity) character roundel surrounded by five bats, wufu, and stylis...

Decorated with a central roundel surrounded by six-petal shaped stylized floral panels. The reverse is decorated with auspicious objects and with ...

Of octagonal form with eight faceted sides, the ovoid shaped lower body tapering at the waist before rising to a compressed globular upper bulb su...

The vase is flanked by pair of ruyi handles, the body is decorated to both sides with shou medallion flanked by confronting dragons. The upper sec...

The vase is finely decorated to the body with two circular panels, one enclosing Shoulao and a deer and the other with Xiwangmu and a crane. The g...

The cover is decorated with a shaped panel enclosing floral scrolls, all reserved on ground of dense 'golden horn' scrolls. The underside of the c...

Each charger is decorated to the centre with a set of panels shaped as a flower head, with the centre enclosing a flower on a seeded ground surrou...

Finely potted with moulded petal-shaped panels, painted around the bodies with butterflies amongst densely-flowering leafy peony sprays, within fl...

Painted with petal-shaped panels of landscapes alternating with flowering shrubs, the domed covers with knob finial.56 cm.

Decorated with panels of scholars' objects, antiquities and vases and jardinieres of flowering plants, the necks with floral and foliate panels. 3...

Standing on stylized lotus shaped base made up of multiple petals, dressed in an elaborate long swaying robe and richly decorated at the waist and...

Two figures of Laughing Twins form the handles at the neck. The body of the vase is cast in high relief with a quatrefoil panel depicting smiling ...

A bronze two part censer in the form of a dignitary seated on a deer. The figure wearing a long decorative robe, tall hat, seated on a harnessed d...

The dish is decorated to the centre with star-shaped floral panel surrounded by four quatrefoil cartouches enclosing various flowers, all separate...

The exterior of the slightly tapered brush pot is decorated with figures in pavilions in a mountainous river landscape, all under a gilt-decorated...

The cover and exterior are decorated and gilt with a deer below pine amongst lingzhi fungus, all below a butterfly in flight. The tureen is affixe...

The figure is modelled with a serene expression on his face between pendulous earlobes. He wears long robes which are open at the chest. His hands...

A Swatow Zhangzhou Ware Dish, Wanli period (1573 - 1620) Loosely decorated with a central scene of fish swimming between lotus with bands of antiq...

Decorated to the centre with flower baskets, the rim decorated with floral sprays and cartouches containing more floral sprays.4.5 cm. high4 cm. d...

Decorated and gilt with pavilion in a river landscape.4 cm. high12 cm. diam.

Decorated with famille rose polylobed cartouches depicting a bird on a rock among bushes of peonies and other flowers. All around black, red and g...

The body is decorated with a multitude of boys at play in a procession in a fenced garden. The scene is bordered by a lappet band at the foot and ...

A Chinese porcelain brush rest decorated with a butterfly flying over flowering branches.The bottom with a four Chinese Qianlong mark9.5 by 6.5 cm.

The bird is carved with its head raised and its wings folded on its back. Its legs modelled as if it were walking forward. The long tail trails be...

Each cockerel is modelled with its head turned slightly to the side and its wings closed. Its features are decorated in colourful enamels and its ...

The crane is modelled with an alert expression and looking slightly upwards, its wings are held closed on its back and it stands on a pierced gnar...

Shaped as a throne chair, the sides of the pillow are decorated in relief with chrysanthemum flowers below a fan shaped panel, and the centre of t...

The jar is covered with a translucent amber glaze which stops unevenly to reveal the buff-coloured lower body. The cover is similarly covered in t...

Each sturdily potted cups stands on a high foot imitating bamboo. The interior of one is decorated with an impressed flower spray. Each vessel is ...

Of squat rounded form with everted rim standing on tripod feet, covered inside and out with a crackled green glaze, the unglazed areas on the base...

The interior of the charger is decorated in gilt with a central flowerhead surrounded by teardrop shaped panels resembling the petals of a flower,...

Each potiche is fashioned with two slender beast-head handles, each side is decorated with two shaped panels enclosing a multitude of precious obj...

Ink and colour on silk.The painting depicts various Immortals wearing officials' robes seated in a circle around a central kneeling figure, possib...

The vase is boldly decorated to the exterior with two dragons amongst clouds above a band of foaming waves encircling the foot, the gilt rim with ...

Well enameled on the interior with two bees hovering above two flowering branches, the larger picked out in ochre-brown shades, bearing pink and w...

The bowl is decorated with two incised dragons chasing the flaming pearl above a band of waves. The base with a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze b...

A blue and white bowl decorated with iron-red dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds. Marked to the base with a six-character Jiaqing mark....

Of baluster shape, with applied dragon-head handles.33 cm.

The vessel is decorated with a pheasant perched on rocks amongst flowering peonies, chrysanthemums and a stalk of bamboo below two birds in flight...

Each holding a vase of lotus to their opposite sides, wearing floral robes and standing on square pedestals enameled with flowers.28 cm.

The vase is finely decorated with continuous scenes of scholars and ladies at leisure amongst gardens and pavilions, separated by a brocade band i...

Decorated with vibrant panels depicting ladies at leisure in a courtyard setting with castellated walls and domed rooves, the panels separated by ...

The portrait depicts a European lady in profile, with her long brown hair swept back, she looks to one side with her hands clasped in prayer.39 by...

The foliate box is carved to the upper surface with one of the Eight Immortals, Lan Caihe, holding a basket full of flowers under a wisteria tree ...

The flattened pear-shaped vase is carved with two scroll-shaped handles to the neck and shoulder from which suspends a swing handle. The body is c...

The dish is decorated to the centre with a garden scene with a pair of rabbits, a pair of peacocks, and a pair of birds in flight. The foliate rim...

Decorated in famille verte enamels and painted with a central image of the 'Three Friends of Winter' featuring bamboo, pine and prunus, along with...